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22 April 2007
Regency Ward Elections - 3rd May 2007
Just 40 votes separated Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems at the last election in this ward in 2003. Regency Labour councillor Roy Pennington was elected by just 5 votes. So if this is your first time for voting you picked a good time and place. It really is worth voting here.
Roy Pennington is the only councillor to hold regular monthly surgeries in the ward (at St Mary Magdalens Community Centre at 55 Upper North St, second Monday of every month 6-7pm) and he is well known by residents, he regularly attends residents meetings (the Lib Dem councillor has been a ghost around here and has now decided to stand in Rottingdean Coastal where the Tories have a 2300 majority and the Lib Dems come a poor third with no chance of winning- obviously she lost interest in being a councillor). Dan Yates is the Labour candidate standing with Cllr Roy.
On Brighton and Hove council, Labour have 23 councillors, the Tories 19 (would be 20 but one of their councillors had to resign over anti-gay remarks), Greens have 6, the Lib Dems 3 and there are 2 ex-Tories now Independent. Only Labour are in a position to stop the Tories.
Since Labour have been running the council;
We have taken waste collection in-house, introduced wheelie bins and doorstep recycling with now over 30% of domestic waste being recycled (one of the highest in the country). The council won 3 green apple awards this year from the Green Organisation for disposing of waste in an ecological way.
The city council general satisfaction survey of 1835 residents showed;
68% of residents satisfied with doorstep recycling (up 18% since 03/04)
71% satisfied with libraries (up 17% since 03/04)
73% believes the council treats all types of people fairly
67% believe the council is working to make the city cleaner and greener.
81% satisfaction with bus services and 78% with transport information (compared to national averages of 63% and 54% respectively).
Since April 2006, thanks to local and central Government funding, bus travel for senior citizens and people with defined disabilities has been free with Brighton & Hove. For thousands of young people using our Bus ID scheme, fares are as low as 10p. Other initiatives to encourage people onto buses include a multi-million pound fleet investment programme, which sees Brighton & Hove invest on average £3million each year in new state-of-the-art low floor, low emission buses. Brighton & Hove's fleet is now made up of over 70% low-floor, low-emission buses.
The city council has invested over £7million in bus priority measures including bus lanes and accessible bus stops. Buses now have priority on five kilometres of central Brighton roads and 'METRO' routes have simplified bus use in the city and improved frequency. A joint investment of £1.4million by the council and Brighton & Hove has introduced a state-of-the-art satellite vehicle location system on every bus and real time information on bus location system at city centre bus stops.
Brighton and Hove is one of the few cities in the UK where bus use is growing; and it has done so consistently for the last 12 years. Last year the number of people who used Brighton & Hove buses once again increased by over 1 million and they now carry almost 40 million bus journeys in a year.
The volume of traffic has been reduced in the centre (37% do not own cars in the city - the highest outside of London). We are committed to reducing traffic even more. The Tories want to build more city centre car parks (like the one under Regency Square). This would only increase congestion, pollution and discourage bus and particularly cycle use. Regency ward would be the worst hit. The biggest single factor that puts people off cycling is high volumes of traffic.
Brighton is one of five nationally selected 'cycling demonstration towns', chosen to lead the way in promoting cycling as a popular, safe, and healthy way to get around.
"Regular cycling halves the chances of suffering from heart disease, the biggest cause of death in Britain. (TfL) "
West Brighton & Hove has been selected from 30 authorities to receive an annual grant of £500,000 over the next three years to continue to encourage cycling in the city. The city council will match this funding from Cycling England each year, totalling a £3 million investment in cycling over the next three years. As a Cycle Demonstration Town the council is running a personalised travel planning project, in which local residents are contacted to discuss their best travel options. A new Hove to Hangleton cycle route is being developed, and many new cycle advanced stop lines are being put in place. We are dedicated to promoting healthy and environmentally friendly travel like cycling. Cycle lanes are provided across the city, including along the seafront, Victoria Gardens and Lewes Road and there are many bike parking facilities sited conveniently throughout the city.
We have opened the new central Jubilee Library revitalising a site left derelict for over 30 years. If elected we will open it on Sundays for the first time.
We are the only party in Brighton and Hove to support the stadium at Falmer, the Lib Dems have took their opposition to the courts, the Greens cannot make up their minds and the Tories don't like to talk about it.
The Tories are also committed to making cuts in vital social services, we are expanding intermediate care places to keep hospital stays to a minimum and we are committed to maintaining and improving services.
Also despite what you might read in the press (unfortunately the Tories are spending a lot of money campaigning around here), crime has tumbled, burglaries down 20%, car crime down 16% and even alcohol related crime has fallen since 2003. Apparently alcohol consumption is down 2% since the new licensing laws, not something you would have guessed from reading the headlines.
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- Anonymous22/4/07 9:06 pm
There really was only one ghost round here and that was the hapless (and hopeless) Roy PenningtonReplyDelete
Roy has worked hard in this area and overcome a severe stroke showing a lot of courage to overcome his disabilities.ReplyDelete
You lot are too ashamed to mention Cllr Dawn on your latest leaflets such a waste of space she has been. The people of Regency ward don't want another Lib Dem absentee councillor.
- Anonymous23/4/07 9:47 am
Yet more lies.ReplyDelete
You are the only waste of space, or more specifically cyper space!
Your kind of politics is the very worst kind of nasty negative campaigning. Its time to deal with this. Pennington will be paying the price.
Like the Tories you lot have refused to put forward budget proposals.ReplyDelete
I suppose you have already made a deal which services you are going to cut.
Cuts to come in your secret budget with the Tories.
Play and youth services £317k
Vulnerable children's budget £223k
Occupational therapy £150k
Street Cleaning £915k
Home helps £1.4m
Burial Charges up 50%
Meals and wheels charges up.
Lets hope for the sake of the people who rely on these services that you don't get your Lib Dem cronies elected, just so they can back the Tories.
- Anonymous24/4/07 10:07 pm
You don't anything about local politics if you think the Lib Dems would go in with the tories. Their running battles are well documented.ReplyDelete
Evidence on the streets is that the public aren't falling for your Tory scare tactics - which is even more worrying.
FYI - some links related to the local elections:ReplyDelete
Also, candidates can answer questions from voters on the Brighton and Hove Issues Forum:
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I was originally working on a post about intergender communication in a raid setting, but I kept veering off topic. I just had too much say. So I'm writing this post to get a number of things off my chest. You can still expect a post on communication in the near future, once I get this out of the way and can focus better.
I had someone try to explain feminist WoW blogging to me the other day. Apparently, I don't understand feminism.
While I didn't really take part in the recent flurry of feminist posts started by Pewter's (excellent and well researched) literary analysis-style post on WoW, I have written a number of blog posts about women and WoW. I'm proud that some of them even sparked discussions stretching beyond the portals of my little corner of the internet. In my WoW life, I'm very involved with my predominantly male guild (in the 10 months I've been with them, I can't think of a time where we've had more than 4 active female raiders at once), I'm a serious player, I've had tanking as my main spec in the past, I've led raids, I'm not afraid to speak up on vent when I'm pugging and when male players act patronizing towards me, I tell them off. In real life (because real life is important!), I've lived without the security blanket of a relationship for years, I'm finishing up my second university degree, I've volunteered in women's shelters, I've written papers on domestic violence, I've been a girl guide leader, I wrote my IBO extended essay on the portrayal of women in Lord of the Rings, I've participated in vigils remembering the Montreal Polytechnic Massacre … Yeah, apparently I need to have feminism explained me.
I know I'm pretty mild when writing about gender issues. It's that I don't believe in complaining. I believe in taking action. I don't talk feminism very much because I'm busy living it.
Step up and take control
Don't get me wrong, injustices (be they gender related or not) should be called out. Yelled from the rooftops. They should be clearly described, discussed and, if at all possible, solved. That's not complaining, it's educating, it's raising awareness.
But words only get so far. I do have problems with sites like My Fault, I'm Female, where angry women rant to other angry women about how much their life (and the world around them) sucks because they're female. I certainly understand the benefits of venting to individuals who can empathize, but victimizing yourself puts you in a powerless position, at the mercy of jerks everywhere. It's true that you can't ever control what others believe and how they behave (well, in countries where most workplaces have very strict sexual harassment laws, you can control behaviour in some situations), but you can choose how you deal with things.
I'd prefer to read a site where women empower other women by going beyond sharing the frustrating moments in their lives and add how they've overcome those adversities and reached their goals. I don't believing in victims, only survivors.
In a WoW setting, I wish other female players would speak up on vent when they pug. Yes, there's a small chance someone will make a sexual remark, that someone will claim you're a bad player, that it'll be assumed you're the healer. There's also a small chance you'll be stabbed in the subway someday. Or that you'll get mugged on the street. Or that you'll be crippled in a car accident. Do you stay home every day out of fear that, maybe, something bad might happen?
Ok, some people do. But the thing is, if you keep quiet on vent out of fear, you're giving all the WoW assholes power over you. So if you want to speak up, then do so. If something bad comes of it, then use the experience to raise awareness and empower other women.
If it's any reassurance, in my 5 years of playing WoW, I've always been open about my gender. I call stuff out on vent while I'm pugging, I correct people when they say "he", I walk around with my Ammen Vale Lashling out, and the worst I've ever gotten from random strangers was "hey, cool, we have a girl in a the raid". Which really isn't insulting at all.
And the more women who are open about their gender (note, "being open" DOES NOT equate "flaunt"), the more the inhabitants of the World of Warcraft will realize that female WoW players are in fact quite common and, omigosh, not a big deal.
"WoW, from a women's perspective"
When Matt and I exchanged some lines on Twitter about blogging about men in WoW and about men/women in-game interactions, we got a few interesting reactions.
"What's there to talk about?"
"It's been done to death."
So boys, apparently, you're boring, you have life served to you on a silver platter and you've been talked about so much that no cares anymore. What do you think of that?
I don't know what the ratio of men to women is in WoW, but it's not that impressive anymore. The millions of blogs with the tagline "WoW from a girl gamer's perspective" make me smile. There are corners in WoW where women are uncommon: hardcore pvp, high end raiding, auction playing, serious tanking. I have a lot of admiration for those women who dare tread in waters they're not expected to be seen in.
But for the most part? We're not special little snowflakes anymore, but it pleases us greatly to believe we are.
(As a side note, I do recognize that it's just pleasant to talk about WoW with other women, which is probably why groups like WoW_ladies are really popular. Talking about WoW to men just isn't the same.)
Men on the other hand… I have yet to see a "WoW from a guy gamer's perspective" tagline. And I bet, if it does happen, it'll be very scandalous.
It's like single gendered guilds. Male-only guilds are "sexist". Female-only guilds are "admirable". Female-only guilds do tend to be better at marketing themselves, touting the pleasures of playing amongst girlfriends instead of spewing bullshit like "we play better than the other gender". But at the end of the day, single gendered guilds are about having guy-time or girl-time without the social and sexual pressure oozed by the presence of the opposite gender.
Women are the victims of a lot of double standards, but it doesn't justify double standards against men.
Having non-cavemen guildies isn't "fortune" it's choice
I cringed a little at Metaneira's choice of words when she wrote "Ais and I are fortunate enough to be in a guild that promotes inclusiveness". Her and Ais aren't in their guild thanks to luck. They're not guilded with cavemen because they're self-respecting women who chose a guild where they're treated like human beings. They chose to not join a guild that doesn't believe in female tanks, that doesn't allow women to be officers and that ignores contributions from female players on basis that they're female.
To all women who are in such guilds: leave. Alt tab over to WoW THIS VERY INSTANT and type /gquit. There are tons, tons, tons AND tons of guilds that judge players according to skill (in a performance guild) or personality (in a social guild) rather than gender. Why the heck would you be wasting your time with a guild that doesn't?
Of posting your photo on your guild forums
I've been thinking on that one quite a bit lately. In the past, I've felt the same way as those fearing the wrath of other females about posting pictures. Then I thought about it.
I once criticized a female applicant for putting her picture in her application. But really, a guy applying with a picture would have triggered the same "lol…wut?" from me. Guild applications are about who you are as a player, not what you look like in real life. Guildies post pictures of themselves as a faces-to-names/voices thing among friends. An applicant is a stranger, no one is nosey about looks quite yet.
As for posting provocative pictures, yeah, a woman posting pictures of her breasts will cross other women. If a guy posted provocative pictures of his 6-pack, though, well…do you REALLY think the other guys will let him get away with it?
Same goes for the woman who posts 20 pictures of herself. If a guy posts 20 pictures of himself, he'd get his share of crap too.
As for "you're hawt!" type remarks, as long as they're not creepy disturbing or coming from someone 10 years younger, I don't see what's offensive about them. No one complains when I compliment my male guildies on their pictures. And between you and me, I kinda like being told I'm hawt. Iin my real life, I'm appreciated only for my listening skills and my ability to recite chapters of Therapeutic Choices, it's pretty nice to be treated like, you know, a warm blooded human being sometimes.
If you do get creepy disturbing comments after posting a picture, please scroll back up to the part about being guilded with cavemen.
Want to read more?
For a topic that's supposed to be exhausted, I find I still have way too much to say about it. But I'll give you all (as well as my fingers) a break from my wordiness and make a few reading suggestions for those of you who still believe women in WoW are a rarity. (Also, I can only think of so many blogs off the top of my head. I know there are tons more. If you write or know of a blog that fits into a category below, feel free to suggest it and I'll add it to the list)
My past gender-related posts
The Treatment of Women in WoW part 1
The Treatment of Women in WoW part 2
The New Recruit or How I Almost Got in a Fight with a Sexist Jerk
Gifted bloggers who regularly write about gender in WoW
The Pink Pinktail Inn
Pugnacious Priest
Recent feminism posts
The 'mental Shaman
Empowered Fire
Stories of O
The Lazy Sniper
Raging Monkeys (also a co-GM, raidleader and pvper!)
The following bloggers aren't necessarily preoccupied by gender in WoW. They are, however, successful at roles or playstyles that are often described as "difficult" for a woman to be accepted in. Most of the time, our greatest limitations are the ones we impose on ourselves.
Female GMs/Raid Leaders
A Healadin's Tear
Dwarf Babble
Kiss My Alas
Flash of Moonfire
You Yank It You Tank It
Tree Bark Jacket
I Like Bubbles
PvE Progression Focused Female Players
Moar HPS
Kurn's Corner
Disco Priest
Falling Leaves and Wind
Ecclesiastical Discipline
HoTs & DoTs
Life in Group 5
Tales of a Priest

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The worry-warts are out in full force after the Yankees dropped another game in the standings on Friday night, slicing their lead over the Red Sox to six games.
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And as the bard says "what fools these mortals be" – let all now come in Foolery
A fools feast & Masque in the style of medieval macabre
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Sweet Potato Casserole
This is seriously the best sweet potato casserole! Sweet potatoes, golden raisins, crushed pineapple and spices topped with pecans and mini marshmallows, then baked until golden. A classic sweet potato recipe!
Classic Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
I've gotten several requests for sweet potato casserole in the past, to be honest with you, I've never been a fan. But I thought that was selfish of me, so I decided to make one here for all of you who do like it. I think the colors are beautiful and this would be a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving table.
I tested this out on my sweet potato casserole loving aunt, and she thought it was delicious. She even enjoyed it with her family for dinner. My favorite part of the whole thing was the topping!
This recipe was adapted from a recipe for twice baked sweet potatoes in the White House Cookbook, Revised and Updated Centennial Edition I picked up in DC two weeks ago. I made the recipe exactly as written, then tweaked it a second time to my taste, and to make it into a casserole (I just can't leave a recipe alone).
The cookbook contains original recipes from the 1890's along with modern low-fat versions of each recipe. If you're a history buff, you'll find this book amusing with tips on how to avoid a cold, wash feathers, or make dresses "incombustible" as well as early table etiquette tips from 100 years ago.
Sweet Potato Casserole
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes, about 5 medium, peeled
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1 tsp agave
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- pinch allspice
- 8 oz can unsweetened crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 tbsp chopped pecans
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- Cut sweet potatoes into large chunks; boil potatoes in a large pot covered with water until potatoes are soft if pierced with a fork.
- Drain and return to the pot.
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mash the sweet potatoes (I used my immersion blender) and add in raisins, agave, spices and pineapple.
- Lightly spray a pie dish, casserole dish or even individual ramekins with oil, spoon in sweet potatoes.
- Sprinkle with pecans and marshmallows.
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John Waters opened his audience's eyes to a kind of film experience they'd probably never had before. Another writer-director raised in Maryland scared a late-night crowd silly. A movie about a sexual assault left some viewers heading for the exits early.
Such were the pains and pleasures of the first two days of this weekend's 14th Maryland Film Festival.
Running through Sunday night in and around the
, the festival showcases more than 100 films, including documentaries, short subjects and feature-length narratives.
Despite the threatening weather, which could have persuaded some people to stay home altogether, large crowds were showing up to experience a full range of cinema, from short films shot on minuscule budgets to mainstream releases that will be hitting movie theaters in the coming weeks.
"From a numbers standpoint, it's looking very strong," festival director Jed Dietz said of this year's attendance. He also praised the willingness of this year's audiences to sample films that may be outside their normal comfort zone.
"The audience's seeking-out these emerging films and filmmakers is going to a whole other level," he said. "It's exciting to see."
Even before the festival officially kicked off with a program of five short films Thursday night at the
's Brown Center, ticket sales were on the upswing, programming director Eric Allen Hatch said. Advance ticket sales were up about 25 percent over last year, he said.
Several screenings sold out, including the annual pick from director John Waters. This year's choice, which he introduced to a capacity crowd at the Charles Friday night, was Barbara Loden's 1970 "Wanda," the story of a Pennsylvania housewife struggling to find any meaning, much less excitement, in her life when she links up with a small-time thief and becomes his not-as-reluctant-as-she-ought-to-be accomplice.
The movie, shot on a low budget and shown in only a few theaters, was a long-time Waters favorite, the director said. And chances are it had never played to a bigger or more appreciative audience than saw it Friday; MFF audiences seem ever-willing to sample whatever film Baltimore's favorite-son director recommends.
"I can always understand disliking the movies I pick," said Waters, who has presented a film at every one of the 14 festivals. No one in the audience complained, however.
That wasn't true during a Friday afternoon screening of director Craig Zobel's "Compliance," in which a crank phone call to a fast-food restaurant leads to an especially discomfiting sexual assault — one made even worse because those doing it think they are obeying police orders.
Several audience members walked out during the film. During the post-film Q&A, director Zobel said he'd never shown the film without someone walking out.
"This is a challenging movie," he acknowledged.
Former Maryland resident Eduardo Sanchez's deliberately creepy "Lovely Molly" proved challenging in another way. Friday's late-night audience reacted positively to the film, screaming and acting scared in all the right places, said its star, rookie screen actress Gretchen Lodge.
"I love this festival," the 26-year-old stage-trained actress said Saturday afternoon, still coming down from the high of seeing the movie with such an appreciative audience. "Everyone that I have come in contact with has just been so excited, so encouraging."
Saturday at the festival started off with the announcement of the winners of the seventh annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition, sponsored by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.
The winner was Wade Byard, for his screenplay, "Spotts: An American Legend." Byard received $1,500, an all-access pass to the festival and VIP passes to Baltimore-area attractions.
Second place went to Denfield Dowdye's "June Rain," third to Kevin Butler's "George Love."
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Believe it or not, the girls of The Hills have landed a Rolling Stone cover. Exclusive details from the shoot to follow…
Big surprise: Heidi is NOT the biggest bitch among the four girls. Well, she is. But not in the way you'd expect. More on that later.
The biggest bitch according to my sources is Whitney, followed in close second by Audrina. Whitney arrived last, Whitney was uncooperative with the stylist, Whitney had a face on the entire time, Whitney threw a tantrum over her makeup, her hair, her clothes, and Whitney apparently isn't very bright.
But still not as dense as Audrina. Word is, Audrina is dumb as f&ck. With an attitude.
As for the photos themselves - everyone managed to behave, there was no hair pulling, positions were switched up just to make things fair, and while the atmosphere wasn't exactly warm, the tension wasn't unbearable. Heidi and Lauren kept their distance but did not open fire on each other either. But that's not to say their dynamic isn't extremely intriguing.
Heidi is a confident girl. Confident and cunning and NOT Spencer's little minion. Heidi's lack of shame is also apparently rather fascinating. She's embarrassed by nothing, she's up for anything, so long as whatever it is leads her to the top. And she is hungry. Hungry for fame, lusting for fame, and she's more clever than anyone gives her credit for. She'll also stop at nothing to get ahead.
Heidi worked the room. She made sure she massaged the egos of every crew member on that set. It was transparent and fake but better than the alternative. Better than Whitney. Because Heidi at leasat was polite, she was excessively charming, especially to the men, she went out of her way to make sure they would report back that she's a nice person, that she worked hard, that she is ambitious but professional. And most intriguingly, she amped it up when she knew Lauren was watching.
Every time Heidi made a new friend, every time she schmoozed up a new person, Lauren would visibly shrink. The common observation about Lauren at the shoot is that she is "terribly insecure". Painfully insecure. She spent the entire time watching Heidi out of the corner of her eye, obsessing over her own weight, moaning about being fat, and as a result, lashing out at those around her. Her complaining and her moaning got louder as Heidi's popularity grew…to the point where some were surprised she actually made it through the shoot without collapsing from anxiety.
Interesting enough, most on the set were in agreement that Lauren is actually the more attractive girl, until her personality issues get in the way. Very pretty, very natural, very appealing … as opposed to Heidi who looks like a "f&cking femmebot". Best remark about Heidi from the shoot?
"That's some of the best plastic surgery I've ever seen. Wicked highlights too. She doesn't come from money so now we all wanna know how she can afford it".
Attached – Lauren partying with Frankie and Brody the other night. When is Brody going to get some better clothes?
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Book shelves series #36, thirty-sixth Sunday of 2012
Continuing the corner book shelf in the family room.
The bookends are tschotskes from a ¥100 shop; we bought them years ago in Tokyo.
Not particularly fancy but they have a sentimental value. (The big guy is a tanuki, if you're unfamiliar).
The tin on the far left is filled with miscellaneous papers, old stickers, other small bricabrac.
Only four books on this shelf—the more-or-less complete works of J.D. Salinger, in gloriously ratty mass paperback editions:
Not sure if these are my wife's or mine—probably a mix of both. I stole most of these from my high school.
The Catcher in the Rye was as important to me as any other book, I suppose. I wrote about it here.
Nine Stories contains some of Salinger's most disciplined stuff.
It took me years to finally find the discipline to read Seymour, which is probably the best thing he wrote.


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According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Mining Equipment Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global mining equipment market is expected to reach USD 117.0 billion by 2018 from USD 71.5 billion in 2012 at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2012 to 2018. The Asia Pacific market was in a commanding position having contributed more than 60% of the entire mining equipment market share in 2012.
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The global mining equipment market is primarily driven by factors such as increasing mining activities in developing countries and the rising demand for technically advanced solutions across the globe. The large iron ore projects planned in Brazil, Russia, Australia, Africa and other regions are expected to drive the mining equipment industry in coming years. Mining activities in oil refineries, coal mining and other underground mining activities taking place in the emerging markets, especially Latin America and Asia Pacific are leading to huge demand for mining equipment in these regions.
The surface mining equipment market holds the largest share and accounts for nearly 37% of the entire mining equipment market owing to the rising demand for metal and mineral commodities. The mining drills and breakers market is expected to be the fastest growing market in the coming years owing to their increasing demand from developing countries. These equipments are imperative in most operations, where breaking through the ground and subsurface materials are necessary. The market for underground mining equipment holds the second largest share in the global mining equipment market and is expected to grow at a moderate growth rate from 2012 to 2018. Underground mining equipment includes hydraulic shovels, cable shovels, continuous mining machines, long wall mining machines and drag lines.
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Leading players in the global mining equipment industry include renowned names such as Caterpillar Inc., Hitachi Construction Machinery, Joy Global Inc., Komatsu Limited, Sandvick AB, and Atlas Copco. This industry is very competitive and concentrated with many mature multinational firms having their operation units across the globe. There are more than 650 companies, with the top 50 companies holding more than 80% of the industry share and competing with each other for revenue and customers, nationally and internationally. Caterpillar Inc. is the world's largest player in the mining equipment industry followed by Komatsu and Hitachi Construction Machinery.
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Located at the ground floor of a low cost apartment, the outlook of the restaurant was rather bare bone. Inside, the friendly staff would be all too eager to recommend their Nasi Briyani over white rice and even includes a huge chunk of curry lamb shank when I was there. However, I did not opt for the lamb but instead, I took some other dishes.
I love their fried cauliflower. It was really tasty!
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I also took the fried omelette and a mixture of curry gravy.
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For a number of years, DISH Network has been living under a dark patent infringement cloud. Currently, the satellite TV provider owes TiVo over $70 million for infringing on the DVR maker's patents for a "multimedia time warping system," and it faces the possibility that it will have to kill the DVR functionality of a number of its customers' set-top boxes. DISH says it has come up with a noninfringing workaround for TiVo's patents, and late last week it filed a new lawsuit in Delaware seeking to have said workaround declared valid and noninfringing.
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Of course, there's always the old patent workaround. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion claimed to have a few workarounds ready in its patent dispute with NTP but ultimately settled the litigation for $612.5 million. And TiVo is extremely skeptical about the validity of DISH's workaround. "We have informed the District Court that, based on what we've been provided by EchoStar to date, we believe that EchoStar's modified software does not avoid infringement," TiVO CEO Tom Rogers said last week.
DISH is adamant that its new DVR software doesn't infringe on any TiVo IP and says that the new lawsuit is a response to TiVo's "continued public statements" to the contrary. TiVo is expected to ask a federal judge to shut down DISH's DVRs, and DISH believes that would be a big mistake at this point in time. If the judge does allow the injunction to take effect, DISH may be forced to swallow hard and sign a licensing agreement in order to keep its own DVR customers happy.


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|System: PS3*, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, PC
|Dev: Toys for Bob
|Pub: Activision
|Release: October 21, 2012
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Cartoon Violence
The way it works is each player has a set of stones. On the sides of these stones there are arrows, and the more arrows you have on that side the better their defense is and the greater their attack is. You lay down a stone in turns and the person that has the most stones in the end wins. Even though the tutorial holds your hand as it walks you through, the gloves truly come off after you clear the tutorial area. Admittedly, the first Skylanders' memory-based game was a bit too easy, no matter the age demographic, but it seems the advancement was a bit harsher than it needed to be.
Thankfully, you don't get that feeling in any other aspect of the game. There are feats of strength for the Giants characters with simple button-pressing controls and several new puzzles that never reach past the age bracket Skylanders is intended for. Once again, these are just natural advancements to the franchise that make it a smoother and more enjoyable experience.
This is immediately present in the graphics. Right from the beginning of the game, you will notice how much sharper, crisper, and more detailed everything is. Skyland flows with wonderful textures and vivid colors. The cinematics have also received a huge upgrade. Looking more like a Pixar movie than several other games on the market today, and packing in such a skilled and wondrous voice cast, Skylanders: Giants has all the trappings of getting both kids and adults to want to see a complete visual tale about their world.
I really cannot praise Skylanders: Giants enough. Last year's beginnings were just that, a launch pad for what was to become one of the most sought after collectibles of the 2011 holiday season. With tons of new and exciting things to do, new figures to collect, and the ability to use your previous Skylanders, it feels like someone finally got everything right when creating a sequel. Now excuse me, I need to make sure my wallet is where I left it.
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Inside of the Quijote Route, located in a residential area, near the Fairs and Congresses Centre, the Park Gasset and 10 minutes away of the center of the city one finds the Paraiso Hotel.Nowadays it is being renewed (in 2007) to become a hotel of 4 stars. It has 42 wide and well equipped rooms with out views and individual air conditioning, full equipped bathroom and hairdryer.In addition it has luxurious meeting rooms with different capacities, even for 600 people. Discotheque, room service and breakfast buffet. free parking and Covered Garage. Or you may enjoy the restaurant or the coffee - bar.
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This elegant dish would be lovely for lunch. What to drink: Something light and fruity, like Sancerre or rosé.
- Yield
- Makes 6 to 8 servings
- 12 ounces campanelle (trumpet-shaped pasta) or macaroni
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
- 7 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 tablespoons drained capers
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh tarragon plus sprigs for garnish
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh dill plus sprigs for garnish
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 pound cooked medium shrimp
- 1 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/2 pound Dungeness crabmeat
- 2 large handfuls of arugula
- 2 small heads of butter lettuce
- Lemon wedges
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Place 3 tablespoons hot cooking liquid in medium bowl. Sprinkle saffron over and let stand at room temperature 5 minutes. Transfer pasta to large bowl. Drizzle pasta with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil; toss to coat. Let stand at room temperature until cool, stirring occasionally.
- Add mayonnaise, sour cream, green onions, capers, minced tarragon, minced dill, sugar, remaining 6 tablespoons lemon juice, and remaining 5 tablespoons oil to bowl with saffron liquid. Whisk to combine. Season saffron dressing to taste with salt and pepper. Pour dressing over pasta. Add shrimp and celery; toss to coat. Add reserved pasta cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if mixture is dry. Add crab; toss gently. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
- Line platter with arugula and butter lettuce leaves. Spoon pasta over greens. Garnish with lemon wedges and tarragon and dill sprigs. Serve cold.


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Countless thousands have become the subject of candid photos thanks to Google's Street View campaign. After they're photographed, their faces are dutifully blurred, and they stand as digital statutes in cyberspace, but one artist likes bringing them back into the real world.
Paolo Cirio likes to search around Street View for a subject, and when he finds one, he does something that is equal parts interesting and strange; he prints out a full-sized picture of them and puts it up where they were standing in the Street View shot. The project is called "Street Ghosts." Cirio himself put it this way to CNET:
In this project, I exposed the specters of Google's eternal realm of private, misappropriated data: the bodies of people captured by Google's Street View cameras, whose ghostly, virtual presence I marked in Street Art fashion at the precise spot in the real world where they were photographed.
So far, Cirio has posted his specters in New York, London, and Berlin, with the potential of more cities to come. So if one day, you walk around a corner and find yourself face-to-blurred-face with a strikingly familiar form, Paul Cirio might be to blame. That or some kind of crazy, botched cloning experiment. [CNET]


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Prison labor's new frontier: Artisanal foods
It ain't just license plates anymore. Inmates are making a surprising array of products for small businesses. You can even find some in your local Whole Foods.
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Some years back, a small Colorado goat-cheese maker called Haystack Mountain faced its version of a classic growth challenge: National demand was growing for its chèvres and other cheeses, and the company was struggling to find enough local goat farmers to produce milk. The solution came from a surprising source: Colorado Corrections Industries (CCI). Today six inmates milk 1,000 goats twice a day on a prison-run farm. After non-inmate employees cultivate the cheese at a company facility, it's sold in Whole Foods WFM -0.50% outlets, among other stores.
Prison labor has gone artisanal. Sure, plenty of inmates still churn out government office furniture and the like, and incarcerated workers have occasionally been used by large companies since the late 1970s. Nationwide 63,032 inmates produce more than $2 billion worth of products a year, most of them sold to government entities.
But in recent years a new wave has begun, driven primarily by small businesses that need workers for boutique-size production. These days inmates can be found making everything from redwood canoes to specialty motorcycles, fishing poles, and saddles. They produce apple juice, raise tilapia, milk cows and goats, grow flowers, and manage vineyards. (more…)


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What do you get when you mix three 20-something Americans with lunchtime on the brain, and a debate show? You get this episode, where we will either make you hungry...or nauseous.
The correct answer will always be White Castle.
Ok that was just sad. Incidentally I side with Taco Bell. Also Mexi-Fries are Taco Time not Taco Bell.
Well that's not fair having this show at lunch time.
I was at Burger King last Friday and had 2 'regular' sized cheeseburgers. I thought to myself "when did they start serving silver-dollar burgers in this place?" It also taste a bit more rubbery than usual.
Usually my feelings are McDonald's has better fries, Burger King has better burgers. BK also doesn't put onions on their regular burgers, which means I don't have to ask for no onions and hope they do it right, so I guess BK get's my vote.
Taco Bell is just wrong though. I mean, seriously.
Edit for more thoughts:
Does pizza delivery count as fast food? If so then Domino's or Papa John's wins by significant "numbers".
Also, I will give Taco Bell credit by being probably the most aware of exactly what it is. Most of the time anyway,
no lie im eating wendy's right now taco gets my vote
Taco Snatcher will be my indie rock band name. Thanks guys.
Bah, you're all wrong!
FKC > All food chains. Heck even Colonel Sanders isn't as creepy compared to Ronald and the King.
I guess to add more salts to the injuries, there isn't any Taco Bell in the UK (which I guess Kyle will never visit the UK ever) and White Castle too for that matter!
Burger King has better food. McDonalds burgers aren't even real beef.
Arby's. Because of market fresh sandwiches and curly fries.
Also, seriously, McDonald's? You know the McDonald's executives consider themselves to be in the real estate business, not the food business, right? Never has more disgusting
I prefer Domino Pizza.
'Cause I'm a cat I guess :3
I do love some Taco Bell, but recently Del Taco came back from the dead in my town and it's superior in every possible way. Also, while I weep that we do not have a Jack-in-the-Box near here, I will throw in my hat for Checker's/Rally's. The Big Buford is the best chain burger ever.
I imagine if there were a debate on the best fast food chains in Australia, everyone would agree on Nandos. Except for one guy who'd say Hungry Jacks. Then everyone would laugh at him.
No Whataburger? Damn shame.
I feel bad for any of you that haven't tasted such greatness.
@Taco Bell lol. That food is straight offensive to me as a hispanic 5 minutes away from the border to Mexico. Y'all don't know REAL tacos ;D
Burger King
McDonalds is not food; its just something you happen to put in your mouth and then subsequently digest.
Also, KFC is best fast food.
KFC hands down...
McDonalds. Burger King sandwiches always taste...off to me
I feel bad for everyone that knows not the glory of In-n-Out burgers. Simple menu, delicious burgers.
Burger King. In the end it's all crap, but Burger king tastes the best.
McDonalds. Come out to Japan, order a Teriyaki Burger, and you will see the light. The Ebi Fillet (shrimp burger) would also do the trick.
I'll side with McDonalds. Love the fries, and they serve the biggest portion. I don't eat that many burgers, so there isn't much for me to worry about. I know the nuggets are processed to hell and back... but I don't care!
That. I went there when I was in San Fransisco and it was amazing. We don't have them here, though. I did just eat Burger King, so between the three, I'd say that.
McDonalds is so, so much better in the UK than Burger King. KFC is fine when you are in the mood. But I always want a McDonalds and I never feel bad for having a large meal and a McFlurry too!
Of the three available options, I gotta go with Taco Bell. All of the burger chains kind of interchange with my current mood. I don't strongly prefer one over the other, but if I'm in the mood for fast food tacos (which, on weekends after the pubs, I am), Taco Bell's late night drive-through has always come through for me.
Whataburger or Wendy's but I'm not a fast food guy, I'd give Jack n the box a third place spot.
I'd have to side with Burger King, Mcdonalds is for when I'm hungry but not fussy and I've only had taco bell once, It was fucking awful
Dear lord, that description of Taco Bell at the beginning is the most accurate I've ever heard in my life.
And anyone who doesn't say In 'n' Out is objectively wrong.
Seriously, they win in every category: flavor, health, value, everything! Mostly flavor though, ohmygodIwantonenow
I'll stick with Subway.
Why.....options. You can literally make any type of sammich you want. Veggie sub with nothing but banana peppers and onions---Done! Crabmeat sub with triple the crab, and a double bacon (at $30 price tag)---done!
Is it more expensive - Yes! But you also get more food for your money, and it's marginally the healther choice (depending of fixin's).
There is a local chain in the Kansas City Metropolitan area called Winstead's it is a Bugerpocalypse. Tastee Burgers since 1940, just ask renown food critic Calvin Trillin.
You guys need to do another three way NRA of best barbecue style between Texas, Kansas City, and Carolina style.
of the three i say bk is best food. mc donalds is cheapest and taco bell just meat cheese and a tortilla.
personally where was Wendi's at? They put bacon on everything! plus you can get a frosty and decent chili anytime!
Oh crap how did I forget Jack n the box. Underrated fast food imo.
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Already at the point in my life where i feel shame walking into one of them joints. So as me from 5 years ago, 21, Wendy's if it has to be burger place.
Oh crap how did I forget Jack n the box. Underrated fast food imo.
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Someone describe this whataburger, I've mover heard of it
KFC? My local place is fairly terrible. Either the food is cold-lukewarm, or they're out of chicken (wtf?).
Wendy's makes the best burgers. They also have the best bacon, which should have them win by default. Oh, and Kewpee burger! Which I think only exist in Lima, Ohio.
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Mustapha Benbada, Algeria's trade minister, has said urgent measures will be taken to alleviate pressure on the population.
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Mohamed Ben Madani, editor of The Maghreb Review, said the situation was "out of control" and that the protests could continue for weeks.
"The government simply ignored the people since they were elected to office and basically now they [the people] have come out into the streets asking the authorities to give them jobs and to share the wealth of the nation," he told Al Jazeera, from London.
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Mohamed Zitout, a former Algerian diplomat, told Al Jazeera: "It is a revolt, and probably a revolution, of an oppressed people who have, for 50 years, been waiting for housing, employment, and a proper and decent life in a very rich country.
"But unfortunately it is ruled by a very rich elite that does not care about what is happening in the country – because they did not give people what they want, even though the government has the means to do so, the people are now revolting."
Young people clashed with police in Algiers and several other towns across the country on Friday despite appeals for calm from imams.
In Annaba, 600km west of the capital, rioting broke out after Friday prayers in a poor neighbourhood of the city and continued late into the night. A local government office was ransacked, according to witnesses.
Protesters also cut down electricity poles during the night, cutting off power to the working class suburb of Auzas.
In Tizi Ouzou, the capital of the eastern Kabylie region, residents said rioting had spread from the city centre to the outskirts, and demonstrators burning tyres blocked the main road to Algiers.


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Abraxas Malfoy (fl. 1954-1968) a pure-blood wizard, father of Lucius Malfoy, grandfather of Draco Malfoy and great-grandfather of Scorpius Malfoy. He was related by marriage to the Blacks, through his daughter-in-law Narcissa, and, more distantly, to the Lestranges.
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Abraxas had at least one child, Lucius Malfoy, who was born in 1954;[2] the fate of Lucius's mother, Abraxas's wife, is currently unknown. Abraxas apparently knew Horace Slughorn, according to his grandson Draco and Slughorn himself.[3]
Abraxas Malfoy was widely belived to have been part of the shady plot that, in 1968, forced Minister for Magic Nobby Leach (the first Muggle-born ever to have held the office) to leave his post prematurely. Nothing was, however, conclusively proven against Malfoy.[4]
Abraxas died of a case of dragon pox, a relatively common malady of the elderly, some time before September 1996. Horace Slughorn knew him at one time and was sorry to hear that he had passed away, as he informed Abraxas's grandson Draco.[3] Abraxas may also have been a well-respected wizard, as Draco attempted to use his name to charm Slughorn into letting Draco into the Slug club, because Slughorn was impressed with heritage. However, perhaps due to Lucius's renewed criminal records, the name was not good enough to earn Slughorn's favour.
The word Abraxas was engraved on stones that were considered amulets in the Ancient Roman-Greco world. They often had figures carved on them as well that resembled basilisks or chimaeras. The name may be related to the word abracadabra, which is notable as this may also be the root of the Killing Curse incantation "Avada Kedavra". The name Abraxas is also mentioned in Gnostic texts, and in Ancient Egyptian mythology as a god or demon.
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- In 1992, Harry Potter, speaking about Draco Malfoy, said, "Look at his family... The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin, he's always boasting about it".[5] This indicates that Abraxas was most likely a Slytherin when he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, though it cannot be confirmed.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
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- ↑ This wand was passed down the family, meaning Abraxas may have had it before passing it to Lucius.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
- ↑ Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "The Malfoy Family"
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What has become a Putnam County tradition, this Saturday July 19th the Tri-State
Rib Fest will be held at the Putnam Co. Fairgrounds in Ottawa, Ohio....
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rides for the kiddies and a bike give-away later on in the evening...
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